Improvement in bottle-stoppers



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Letters Patent No. 106,557, dated August 23, 1870.

- IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-STOPPERS.

*-Qb-o-t- The Schedule referred to 'in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it mayf'concern;

Be it known'tha't I, JAMEsTHoMPsoN CREE, of the' city andoounty of Worcester, and State of Massach lisetts, have invented a new and useful Improveinentin Bottle-Stoppers, for the purpose of driving -corks within the neck of the bottle; and I do hereby declare the following is'a full" and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to 'the annexed drawing making a partfof, this specification, iu which- Figure v1 isa perspective view of the stopper, and

Fignre2 is a side elevation, showing the connection of the bottle and corkwith the lstopper.

Figure 3 shows a. sectional'view of the curved and beveled knife-edge, when brought in contact with the cork of the bottle.

Figure 41 is an enlarged sectional view of the saine, showingr the curvature and beveled knife-edgeof' the bottle-stopper or cork-holder.

The natnreof myinvention consists in the construc-A tion -of a 4bottle`-stopper or cork-holder, the top of which is curved,'and ofwhat is termed a v U shape, the inner edges of which, having formed upou'them beveled knife-edges, to out into the cork and retain it in its proper position. y

Fig. 1 s'hows the device unattached to a bottle.

A represents a piece of metal wire bent in the form `sliown,".the' top portion of which (A) being construct-- ed in the form4 of the letter U, the inner edges of which, at e e, are beveled knife-edges, surrounding the whole ot' the inner side of A. This portion or part of the device is curved, and embraces the sides of the cork, when driven or partly driven into the bottle, cutting into the same sharp incisions, and of a shape conforming to the curve of the part e This stopper or cork-fastener, by reason ot the prolongation of its arms A, maybe attached, by rivets or otherwise, to a band, D, surrounding the neck of the bottle, and moved or pressed backward or forward, as Ym'ay be desired, in order to cork or uncork the bottle.

Fig. ,2 represents this device as applied to a bottle and its cork.

It may be observed that-'corks used for bottling pnr- Vposes may differ in length, and it is also desirable to use such'corks more than once, as they are expensive By many or most 0fwhat are termed bottle-stoppels, the object seems to have been to so construct the cork-holders as to allow them to cover only the top of'l the coi-ks. .it is apparent that the corks must in that event be driven hoine, into the neck ofl the bottle, before the Stoppers can be .forced over and upon them. By this means theforce of the gases contained within the bottle has a-tendency to force the corks upward and spread apart the device that secures them, thus allowing the escape of gas.

v By my invention this result is avoided. The curved -shape of the part A and its cutting or knife-edges e e, fitting into the cork of the bottle, furnishes a uniform resisting surface t'o the gas contained within the bottle. 'By this invention the corks are longer preserved for use, as .may be illustrated-in fig. 2. The cork, whenv driven partially into the bottle, will he einbraced by the part A of the stopper, and, when' used a second time, it' driven further into the'neck of the bottle, it can be secured in the same manner, until, by a repeated use of the cork, the curved part A is brought in Contact with it, near the top of the same.. What I claim as my invention, and desire to sccnre hy Letters Patent, is

The bottle-stopper or cork-holder, with its curved' top A', and beveled knife-edges e e'e formed upon the saine, in the manner and for the purpose" herein dcscribed,V

Y JAMES THOMPSON CREE.

Witnesses l FB. F. J AMES, J. HrADAMs. 

